Simona Halep and Katie Boulter will fight against each other in the quarter of the Viking Classic for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:00 pm on Ann Jones Centre Court. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Simona Halep who should win in 2 sets.
Simona Halep -> 1.175
Katie Boulter -> 5.55
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Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Katie Boulter
There is no head to head record between Simona Halep and Katie Boulter since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Simona Halep
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-11 | 23-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 11-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-10 | 12-5 | 4-3 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 20, Simona reached the quarter after beating Lesya Tsurenko 6-1 6-4 and Harriet Dart 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Halep had a good straight sets win against Dart (6-3 6-2). During the match, Halep scored 57 points vs Dart’s 31. The Romanian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Halep bagged 4 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Simona Halep was quite efficient on serve to win 84% (21/25) of her 1st serve and 76% (13/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Romanian broke Dart 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Romanian hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 62% of the points she played.
Halep has an extraordinary record in the last 10 years having won 75% of her matches (401-135). 2-0 on grass in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Halep has an overall 37-10 record in the last years on grass.
Her best result of the current season was conquering the title in in Melbourne where she overcame Veronika Kudermetova in the final 6-2 6-3.
The Romanian has a composed 22-7 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Birmingham
Katie Boulter
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22-22 | 9-14 | 8-4 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-23 | 24-12 | 3-6 | 3-2 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-20 | 22-12 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 10-4 | 4-0 |
| 2022 | 29-18 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 16-7 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-15 | 12-9 | 5-1 | 7-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 141, Boulter got to the quarter after defeating Alison Riske 6-4 6-3 and Caroline Garcia 7-65 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Garcia (7-65 6-1). During the match Boulter scored 69 points vs Garcia’s 59. Katie was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Boulter blasted 6 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Katie Boulter was pretty efficient on serve to win 73% (32/44) of her 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Boulter was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Garcia 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Boulter hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
Katie has an aggregate 16-6 win-loss record in 2022, 5-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Halep | Boulter |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 39 |
| Pts | 119-72 | 130-108 |
| Total Points | 191 | 238 |
| Winners | 46 | 55 |
| %Winners | 39% | 42% |
Both Halep and Boulter played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Halep and Boulter have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Halep played 5 games less than Boulter. Halep scored 46 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Boulter recorded 55 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Halep | Boulter |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 59/97 | 74/131 |
| %1st in | 61% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 46/59 | 55/74 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 23/38 | 33/57 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 58% |
Halep blasted 8 aces (4 per match). Boulter blasted 11 aces (5.5 per match). Halep won 78% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Boulter won 74% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Halep | Boulter |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 6 |
| Converted | 9/12 | 6/8 |
| % Converted | 75% | 75% |
| Conceded | 11 | 6 |
| Saved | 8 | 5 |
| % Saved | 73% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
The Romanian broke her opponents 9 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Romanian lost her serve 3 times and she saved 73% of the break points that she conceded. Boulter broke her opponents 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Brit conceded her serve once and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded.
| Halep | ||||
| R1 Tsurenko | R2 Dart | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | 34 | |
| pts | 62-41 | 57-31 | 119-72 | |
| Total points | 103 | 88 | 191 | |
| Winners | 25 | 21 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 37% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 34/55 | 25/42 | 59/97 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 60% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 25/34 | 21/25 | 46/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 84% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 13/17 | 23/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 76% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/5 | 9/12 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 80% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 2 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 1/2 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 50% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Boulter | ||||
| R1 Riske | R2 Garcia | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 7-65 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 | 39 | |
| pts | 61-49 | 69-59 | 130-108 | |
| Total points | 110 | 128 | 238 | |
| Winners | 23 | 32 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 46% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 30/56 | 44/75 | 74/131 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 59% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 32/44 | 55/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 73% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/26 | 16/31 | 33/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 52% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/3 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 100% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 2/3 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Tennis Scores in Birmingham
- David GoffinGoffin – Donald YoungYoung (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-4 3-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexandr DolgopolovDolgopolov – Dudi SelaSela (6-3 4-6 1-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Magdalena FrechFrech (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Shuai ZhangZhang (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Donna VekicVekic – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Simona HalepHalep (0-0) – H2H and prediction